"The People"

What these seemingly contradictory results imply ... is that a
large number of Americans are hazy on the details of whose taxes were
cut when George W. Bush was president, whether those cuts were intended
to be temporary or permanent, what impact they have had on the deficit
and the terms of the current debate. As such, their reactions to poll
questions on the subject may vary widely depending on the language used
and the options offered.

If you want to produce a poll finding that supports your side of the
tax-cut debate, you probably can, but the voice of "the people" may not
be as clear as some headlines make it out to be.

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